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“Should I Throw Away My Old iPad?” - Reconsidering Usefulness in Obsolete Devices (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Goodwin, C., & Woolley, S. (2024). “Should I Throw Away My Old iPad?” - Reconsidering Usefulness in Obsolete Devices. In Design for Equality and Justice (332-339). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61688-4_32

Device obsolescence contributes to the rising levels of annual e-waste. The research presented in this extended workshop paper summarises the findings of two studies conducted in 2021 and 2022 that highlighted the difficulties faced by consumers in d... Read More about “Should I Throw Away My Old iPad?” - Reconsidering Usefulness in Obsolete Devices.

Towards a Human-Centred Digital Society (2024)
Journal Article
Woolley, S., & de Quincey, E. (2024). Towards a Human-Centred Digital Society. Interacting with Computers, Article iwae013. https://doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iwae013

Barriers to device longevity and reuse: A vintage device empirical study (2024)
Journal Article
Goodwin, C., & Woolley, S. (2024). Barriers to device longevity and reuse: A vintage device empirical study. Journal of Systems and Software, 211, Article 111991. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2024.111991

This extended paper contributes a methodology and a detailed analysis of app installation and functionality on a ‘vintage’ device. Experimental results are presented that demonstrate barriers to the reuse of vintage Apple devices, and solutions are p... Read More about Barriers to device longevity and reuse: A vintage device empirical study.